How Long to Read Biotic Interactions in Arid Lands

How Long Does it Take to Read Biotic Interactions in Arid Lands?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 34 minutes to read Biotic Interactions in Arid Lands by John L. Cloudsley-Thompson

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The exigencies of life in the desert environment have resulted in the se lection of a diversity of adaptations, both morphological and physiologi cal, in the flora and fauna. At the same time, many plants and most small animals are able not merely to exist but even to thrive under desert conditions - mainly by avoiding thermal extremes and by the refine ment of pre-existing abilities to economise in water. In the same way, the biotic interactions of the flora and fauna of the desert do not involve many new principles. Nevertheless, conditions in arid regions frequently do invoke refinements of the complex interrelations between predators and their prey, parasites and their hosts, as well as between herbivores and the plants upon which they feed. In this book, I shall discuss not only such interactions and their feedback effects, but also community processes and population dynamics in the desert. The physical conditions of the desert that principally affect predators and their prey are its openness and the paucity of cover. This is re stricted to scattered plants, occasional rocks, holes, and crevices in the ground. Furthermore, nightfall does not confer relative invisibility, as it does in many other ecobiomes, because of the clarity of the atmosphere. The bright starlight of the desert renders nearby objects visible even to the human eye, while an incandescent moon bathes the empty landscape with a flood of silver light. Consequently, adaptive coloration is func tional at all hours of the day and night.

How long is Biotic Interactions in Arid Lands?

Biotic Interactions in Arid Lands by John L. Cloudsley-Thompson is 208 pages long, and a total of 53,664 words.

This makes it 70% the length of the average book. It also has 66% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Biotic Interactions in Arid Lands Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 53 minutes to read Biotic Interactions in Arid Lands aloud.

What Reading Level is Biotic Interactions in Arid Lands?

Biotic Interactions in Arid Lands is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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